An established patient is seen in the physician’s office for counseling after having an extremely high cholesterol reading and hypertension. Which range of codes would be used to select the appropriate CPT code for these services?
What will be an ideal response?
99212–99215
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A) Insufficient physician training B) Insufficient pharmacy technician training C) Illegible handwriting D) E-prescribring
Diagnostic tests are not used to:
A) confirm wellness. B) to monitor treatment progress. C) increase insurance reimbursements. D) diagnose disease.
Describe the process of balance billing and give an example of where it is used in healthcare.
What will be an ideal response?
You are assessing a patient who sustained blunt trauma to the center of his back. He is conscious, but is unable to feel or move his lower extremities. His blood pressure is 80/50 mm Hg, pulse is 40 beats/min and weak, and respirations are 24 breaths/min and shallow. If IV fluids do not adequately improve perfusion, you should:
A) give 0.5 mg of atropine and consider a dopamine infusion. B) administer 1 mg of epinephrine 1:10,000 via rapid IV push. C) apply the pneumatic antishock garment and inflate all sections. D) administer a corticosteroid to reduce spinal cord inflammation.